Potterverse characters and tea.

[Steve]

---  "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

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> Carol responds:
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> ....
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> According to a website I just found, half-and-half is mainly 
> used in beverages and doesn't whip. It has about half the 
> butterfat of what the British call "single cream." 

bboyminn:

Just a pointless side point, is Half-and-Half, half milk and 
half cream, or is it cream with Half the fat removed. I always 
assume half cream/half milk but never really knew.

> Carol:
>
> (I've only heard "whipping cream," "heavy cream," etc. in 
> the States.) Here's the link if you're interested:
> 
> http://www.joyofbaking.com/Cream.html
> 

bboyminn:

This is only something I've become aware of since immersing
myself in the Potter World, there are many many kinds of
cream, if, and only if, you are in any other country in the
world other than the USA. 

I went to the local grocery store, and as long as I was there
I stopped to look at cream; the choices were Whipping Cream,
Half-and-Half, and assorted artificial creamers. Nothing else.
I couldn't even find just plain 'cream'.

No point there really, just an observation.


> Carol, who likes coffee creamer and ice cream but not real
> cream, which tastes sour and heavy to me.
>

bboyminn:

Just out of curiosity, have you ever tried Ice Cream in your
coffee? It can't be the cheap huge bucket of ice cream ice
cream, that has fillers and other junk in it that won't 
dissolve. Good quality ice cream of whatever flavor you prefer,
though vanilla works best, is kind of good. Though, we'll ignore
the calorie count for the moment. And, of course, it cools off
the coffee, so you have to reheat it.

As long as we are on the subject, there is a new book out that
has been getting some air time on TV, called 'Eat This, not That'.
It points out that many of our assumptions about food are wrong.
For example, a tuna sandwich at Subway, has many more calories
and fat that twice as much lean roast beef in a sandwich.

Another, and more the subject, is that instead of one fancy
gourmet coffee, you can have SIX Haagen Daaz ice cream bars and
get equal calories and fat. Though I wiser person would settle
for one ice cream bar and forgo all the calories and fat.

Once again, no real points, just rambling.

Steve/bboyminn